Southampton Industrial Park

The Southampton Industrial Park is the industrial district of Lakedale, Illinois. The district was created in the summer of 2017 as the industrial center of the town, providing manufacturing jobs to the town's residents. The park suffered from abandonment and unemployment in 2017 and 2018, leading to several factories being bulldozed and rebuilt as businesses moved in and out of the area. The area was a major source of pollution in the city, as was the Kensington neighborhood to the north. It was a mostly-Republican and working-class district due to the prevalence of industry and opposition to taxes in the area.